Bryan Alexander
@edufuturist.bsky.social
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Futurist, academic, writer.
On the flip side, my apple trees have started to blossom.
about 18 hours ago
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This morning's update from America's maximum leader feels like it's channeling, what, Patton?
about 19 hours ago
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reposted by
Bryan Alexander
Megan OâToole
about 20 hours ago
Iranâs internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale shutdown on record in any country, having entered its 37th consecutive day, according to NetBlocks. The general public remains cut off as connectivity flatlines at 1% of ordinary levels.
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Attached: 1 image â ď¸ Update: #Iran's internet blackout is now the longest nation-scale internet shutdown on record in any country, exceeding all other comparable incidents in severity having entered ...
https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/116350984373909468
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Remember the Trump Library video from last week? Here's an epic parody of it:
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1 day ago
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Hunter regally ponders what else I might do for him.
#caturday
1 day ago
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Another stupid and destructive Trump administration move:
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1 day ago
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Wow:
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1 day ago
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Ha! Kind of.
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1 day ago
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This is fascinating, how we passed peak fossil fuel cars already:
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1 day ago
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Gaa prices over $4 here. We have lagged the rest of the country.
1 day ago
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Good morning from the White House:
1 day ago
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"[W]e could hit [Iranian oil infrastructure] and it would be gone. And thereâs not a thing they could do about it. They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated. We are unstoppable as a military force." -Trump, two days ago
2 days ago
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I appreciate the final question mark?
2 days ago
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How can we teach online - with joy? Here's our full conversation with
@flowerdarby.bsky.social
, touching on connecting with students, AI, asynchronous vs synchronous learning, multimedia, psychology, and more:
youtu.be/wsRE9ZTHbBg
3 days ago
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Gorgeous:
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3 days ago
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Overview effect:
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3 days ago
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Both accurate and a nice pun:
3 days ago
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Me, lifting a measly 280 lbs.
3 days ago
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What a cover:
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4 days ago
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That's about right:
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4 days ago
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reposted by
Bryan Alexander
CK DexterHaven
4 days ago
That speech could have been an email
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"We're gonna bring them back to the stone ages, where they belong."
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4 days ago
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Starting to watch Trump talk and I really miss drinking.
4 days ago
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Go go GO Artemis!
4 days ago
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How might we teach online with joy? I'm delighted to host
@flowerdarby.bsky.social
on the Future Trends Forum tomorrow to explore her new work:
georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
4 days ago
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Spring blossoms.
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5 days ago
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"A 9 year old running te government would be indistinguishable from Trump" -from Munk debate podcast
6 days ago
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New York University closes its Abu Dhabi campus because of the Iran war and recent threats:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/n...
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N.Y.U. Closes Its Abu Dhabi Campus as Iran Vows Retaliation for Strikes
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/nyregion/nyu-abu-dhabi-campus-closed.html
6 days ago
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Important reporting on the battery revolution by the awesome
@billmckibben.bsky.social
:
billmckibben.substack.com/p/night-into...
6 days ago
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Harlequin Romance to make short videos w/ AI:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Harlequin to Co-Produce AI-Generated âMicrodramasâ
The romance publisher is partnering with Dashverse, an AI video company based in Bengaluru, India, to adapt 40 of its titles into animated shortform video series, beginning in April with Catherine Man...
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/100043-harlequin-announces-slew-of-ai-generated-microdramas.html
6 days ago
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So the US isn't getting Hormuz open the way it wants. And didn't cause the clerical regime to fall. And didn't erase all Iranian military assets.
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6 days ago
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"You look like you're walking in from the apocalypse" saud the person who took this photo.
7 days ago
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China is really showing off here:
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7 days ago
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Strikes on an Iranian university and threats to hit others: I try to get information on this development:
bryanalexander.org/politics/str...
8 days ago
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It's so strange how not talking about climate change doesn't make it go away. Huh.
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8 days ago
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Strikes hit a Tehran university. Iran threatens to hit US campuses in the area:
www.straitstimes.com/world/middle...
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Iran Guards threaten to hit US universities in the Middle East
The threat came after US-Israeli strikes destroyed two Iranian universities. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-guards-threaten-to-hit-us-universities-in-the-middle-east
8 days ago
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A family member found this
#NoKings
poster:
8 days ago
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I can't make today's
#NoKings
because I'm working at a conference, but am certainly there in spirit. Here's what I saw from the last march in DC:
9 days ago
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Houthis enter the Iran war:
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Yemenâs Houthis launch first attack on Israel since outbreak of conflict, as Rubio says war to end in âweeksâ
Missile fired from Yemen the first since the Iran war began and came hours after the US secretary set a new timeline for the conflict
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/27/us-expects-iran-operation-to-end-in-weeks-not-months-says-marco-rubio
9 days ago
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Ah, the jetlag/time zone difference hits and WHAM I battle the sleep monster.
9 days ago
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On the way to Denver.
9 days ago
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"Across all groups, after adjusting for inflation, higher ed employees are still earning less than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic..."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Admin Raises Outpace Inflation While Faculty Salaries Lag
New data from CUPA-HR shows that all higher ed employees earn less than they did prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/career-development/2026/03/27/admin-raises-outpace-inflation-while-faculty-salaries#
10 days ago
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True: "The major hubs are bad in all the predictable ways, but Americaâs smaller airports are each cursed and tragic in their own exquisite style. "
11 days ago
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Tonight's vanishing point corridor.
11 days ago
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Trump: "the Iranians 'gave us a present, and the present arrived today.'" Sometimes the president is, what, 8 years old?
12 days ago
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I am flying through DCA today. Security was crowded but not slow, maybe 30 minutes.
12 days ago
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I am delighted to see my most recent book hit Europe:
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12 days ago
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The American government will now spend $1 billion to *not* have offshore wind power. This is so stupid.
arstechnica.com/science/2026...
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US to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to stop developing offshore wind in US
Payment reimburses the company for two leases, one for a massive 3 GW wind farm.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/trumps-latest-anti-wind-effort-pay-companies-to-abandon-offshore-leases/
12 days ago
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Americans are collecting gas money, food donations, and gift cards for TSA workers.
www.wral.com/news/local/g...
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What you can and can't donate to help TSA officers amid government shutdown
Across the country, collections are popping up to help Transportation Security Administration officers who have been without full pay for more than a month due to the partial government shutdown affec...
https://www.wral.com/news/local/groups-rally-help-tsa-officers-across-us-dhs-shutdown-march-2026/
13 days ago
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This story gets more intensive with every bit of reporting:
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13 days ago
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